The Berlin Concert - Live from Waldbuhne
 | Average Customer Rating: Recommend Sparks fly in this video of the all-star concert from Berlin's equivalent of the Hollywood Bowl in July 2006, part of the World Cup festivities. The electricity is generated by the all-star trio of tenors Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazon and soprano Anna Netrebko in a program of operatic and vocal favorites. The crowd estimated at 20,000 eats it all up, and so will home viewers who'll relish the prospect of great singers performing great… Product details and pricing info |
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39 Customer Reviews Posted
- What an evening!
- Lovers of opera, both new fans of this genre of music as well as those already accostumied to tenors and sopranos will enjoy this DVD. Someone mentioned to me that it was probably the last open-air concert of Placido Domingo, who would be dedicating now his music life as maestro. The new voices of both Villazon and Ana Netrebko proves that opera will last forever.
- 2007-07-12, 1 of 1 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Best Concert Ever
- This is the BEST. All Performers Are GREAT. BUY IT - YOU WILL NOT BE SORRY. ED & Jackie
- 2007-06-27, 0 of 0 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Fantastic!!
- Without getting too wordy at the expense of leaving something out, let me just say that this concert is an absolute delight. Domingo, Netrebko and Villazon complement one another perfectly - a great matchup of stars who also receive very strong backing by the Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin under the baton of Marco Armiliato. If you watch this on a home theater system as opposed to not being able to watch it live, the DTS surround really adds to the impact of these performances, not to mention the excitement that stirs up the audience throughout. Very highly recommended!
- 2007-06-26, 4 of 4 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Don't hesitate -- BUY!
- This show at the Waldbühne by three of the greatest singers in the world today MUST NOT BE MISSED!
It is almost like being there with the other 20,000 people who enjoyed this immensely.
Please, get this. - 2007-06-23, 2 of 2 people found this review helpful, Rated:
- Magic
- Once in a while, everything works. This is a magnificent success, for all three artists. My thought when it began was that this event would be the passing of the torch from Domingo to Villazon, the best of the the recent tenors to today's best, with today's best soprano thrown in for good measure. In part,it is that. But in the whole, it is much more. Domingo started slowly, but by the end of things, he had shed 3 decades and a little coarseness- everybody on the stage was in their 30's and madly in love with life. These are three colleagues, consumed with music and the need to share it, and brought to new heights by each other's art and spirit. It was thrilling to see the audience brought deeper into the magic of the moment with each new aria, duet, and,finally, with the two encore trios- they were swaying, dreaming, and realizing that they were now part of this magic, and part of a night that they would always remember.
At the end, the two tenors were playfully vying for the beautiful soprano, but it never seemed cliched or sexist, even when Placido went so far as to pinch her chin. The feminist wars of the proceeding generations are over. Anna Netrebko had nothing to prove. There was no question, in her mind or in ours, that she was sharing the stage with her equals, effortlessly and joyfully, displaying a power and confidence the match of any I have seen before, male or female.
However, to me, the revelation of the night was Rolando Villazon. I saw him for the first time live in the Los Angeles production of La Traviata last September, where he stole the show from Rene Fleming, and convinced me that he is the best tenor around. But he is more than that. He has the potential to be, if he isn't already, the best tenor since Edison's invention of the phonograph. Just as Callas melded music and drama last century, the public will be not be able to accept a singer who is careless or incomplete in his art, or lacking in passion, after they have experienced this young tenor.
I could go on, but I will close by commenting on only one number that he sang so successfully that it was brought it to a new level: Rosini's "La Danza". He sang it with the exuberance and abandon of the young Mario Lanza, the intelligence and finesse of the great Jussi Bjoerling, and a musicality and personality so complete- so much his own in style and intensity, that he left all of the dozens of past performances I have heard of this old warhorse trailing in his dust. I feel as if I have never really heard "La Danza" before this incredible performance, done with a naturalness that both enchants and draws you in. From the sound of the audience, I am not the only one who was enchanted. - 2007-06-13, 6 of 6 people found this review helpful, Rated:
